The Million Dollar Question:
How Can We Reduce Health Care Costs
and Improve Quality with Health IT?

At AHIP’s State Issues Conference, October 6-7, 2011 in Washington, D.C., Aneesh Chopra will discuss how health technology can have profound impact on streamlining our health care system from improving efficiencies and reducing cost to increasing access to coverage and improving the quality of health care. Chopra will provide his thoughts on the role of state health IT modernization and how transformation at the intersection of HITECH and state health reform will help the health care marketplace meet its goals. The session will also address the challenges associated with achieving these goals with limited IT resources, concerns around interoperability, and differing levels of technical support.

Other Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Krista Drobac, Director, Health Division, NGA Center for Best Practices
• Dan Schwartzer, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
• Laura Minzer, Executive Director, Healthcare Council, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
• Matt Salo, Executive Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• Greg Wren, Member, Alabama House of Representatives; Treasurer, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL); and Vice-Chairman of the Commerce, Financial Services and Communications Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
• Mara Liasson, National Political Correspondent, NPR

Attend two conferences in one trip, State Issues Conference and Compliance Forum.

Compliance from the State Perspective – ACA Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
October 5, Washington, D.C. (in conjunction with AHIP’s State Issues Conference)

Key regulators will provide their perspectives on the progress of implementation and will discuss expected priorities for the coming year in sessions including:

• Successful Strategies for Market Conduct Reviews
• Implementing Appeals and Grievance Requirements Across 50 States: A Substantive Review of the Federal and State Requirements
• Contracting with the Federal or State Government: An In-Depth Look at the Legal, Compliance, and Ethical Issues
• Federal and State Dynamics Affecting Uniform Coverage Documents
• Proactively Preparing for 2014: Gearing Up for Compliance Concerns Related to Essential Benefits, Marketing, Form and Rate Filings, Tax, and Other Issues
• Compliance Planning and Disaster Preparedness

To register for this program, visit the conference website.

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